Lendorf is a municipality in the district of
Spittal an der Drau
Spittal an der Drau is a town in the western part of the Austrian federal state of Carinthia. It is the administrative centre of Spittal an der Drau District, Austria's second largest district ('' Bezirk'') by area.
Geography
The town is located ...
in the
Austria
Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...
n state of
Carinthia.
Geography
It consists of the ''
Katastralgemeinden'' Lendorf and Hühnersberg.
History
![St](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/70/St._Peter_in_Holz.jpg)
Situated in the
Drava valley west of
Spittal an der Drau
Spittal an der Drau is a town in the western part of the Austrian federal state of Carinthia. It is the administrative centre of Spittal an der Drau District, Austria's second largest district ('' Bezirk'') by area.
Geography
The town is located ...
, Lendorf is the site of an
ancient
Ancient history is a time period from the beginning of writing and recorded human history to as far as late antiquity. The span of recorded history is roughly 5,000 years, beginning with the Sumerian cuneiform script. Ancient history cov ...
town with about 30,000 inhabitants called ''
Teurnia
Teurnia (later Tiburnia) was a Roman city (''municipium''). Today its ruins lie in western Carinthia. In late antiquity it was also a bishop's see, and towards the end of Roman times it was mentioned as the capital of the province of Noricum me ...
'' (later ''Tiburnia''), that arose about 50 and in the 5th century became the capital of the
Roman
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*Rome, the capital city of Italy
*Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD
*Roman people, the people of ancient Rome
*'' Epistle to the Romans'', shortened to ''Romans'', a lette ...
province
Noricum mediterraneum. The remains of the town including a
Forum, a
basilica
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, capitol,
thermae
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and a
temple
A temple (from the Latin ) is a building reserved for spiritual rituals and activities such as prayer and sacrifice. Religions which erect temples include Christianity (whose temples are typically called churches), Hinduism (whose temples ...
dedicated to the
Celtic god
Grannus
Grannus (also ''Granus'', '' Mogounus,'' and ''Amarcolitanus'') was a Celtic deity of classical antiquity. He was regularly identified with Apollo as Apollo Grannus and frequently worshipped in conjunction with Sirona, and sometimes with Mars and ...
can be seen on a hill near the village of ''Sankt Peter in Holz''. Until its downfall during the
Slavic settlement about 600 Teurnia was a centre of
Early Christianity
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, being the seat of a bishop as mentioned by
Eugippius
Eugippius (circa 460 – circa 535, Castellum Lucullanum) was a disciple and the biographer of Saint Severinus of Noricum.
After the latter's death in 482, he took the remains to Naples and founded a monastery on the site of a 1st-century Roman ...
in his biography of
Saint Severinus, the "Apostle to Noricum". ''Tiburnia'' still is a
titular see
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of the
Roman Catholic Church
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.
Transportation
Lendorf can be reached via the A10 ''
Tauern Autobahn
The Tauern Autobahn (A 10) is an autobahn (motorway) in Austria. It starts at the Salzburg junction with the West Autobahn (A1), runs southwards, crosses the Tauern mountain range on the main chain of the Alps and leads to the Süd Autobahn (A2) a ...
'' at the ''Spittal/Millstättersee'' interchange and the ''B100 Drautal Straße'' federal highway from Spittal to
Lienz
Lienz (; Southern Bavarian: ''Lianz'') is a medieval town in the Austrian state of Tyrol. It is the administrative centre of the Lienz district, which covers all of East Tyrol. The municipality also includes the cadastral subdivision of ''Pat ...
. It also has access to the ''Drautalbahn'' from
Villach
Villach (; sl, Beljak; it, Villaco; fur, Vilac) is the seventh-largest city in Austria and the second-largest in the federal state of Carinthia. It is an important traffic junction for southern Austria and the whole Alpe-Adria region. , the p ...
to
Innichen at Lendorf station.
References
Cities and towns in Spittal an der Drau District
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